SOUTHBURY -- After a brief hiccup, it appears the Newtown High girls lacrosse team is back on track.

Meaghan Brophy scored four goals and Carley Ferris and Julia Shugrue added three each as the Nighthawks rolled to a 14-2 victory over Pomperaug in a South-West Conference matchup Tuesday night.

Newtown improved to 9-3 on the season and won for the third straight game since suffering a brief two-game losing skid. Pomperaug slipped to 3-8 on the season.

Long the dominant program in the SWC, the Nighthawks have won nine straight league titles. Newtown dropped a game against perennial FCIAC power Wilton and then suffered a rare league loss at Brookfield on Thursday before regaining its form.

The Nighthawks beat Hall High of West Hartford and then were impressive in a win against Cheshire on Monday.

Newtown coach Maura Fletcher said after the setback against Brookfield that sometimes a loss can be a good thing, and that seems to be the case with her squad.

"I think you can learn from a loss and I think we have," Fletcher said. "The win against Hall was a big one for us, they have a good team and if we got to three losses in a row, I don't think that would have been good for us. That win and the win against Cheshire, where we played really well, has given us some confidence."

That confidence carried right into this one, as Newtown struck quickly and kept the pressure on. Ferris scored the first goal of the game less than 30 seconds in and she had three before the break.

"Offensively we have improved, more patient, moving the ball," Fletcher said. "Our first couple of goals were brilliant, just textbook lacrosse. We moved the ball, made good passes and converted."

Ferris finished with three assists, Brophy added a pair of assists while Emily Maher had two goals and two assists, Kristie VosWinkel had a pair of goals and an assists and Lindsay Jagoe added an assist. Goalie Kyle Dandrea made four saves.

Pomperaug got a goal each from Rebecca Foster and Delaney Yule, and Julianna Palumbo added an assist. Erika Foschi was busy in goal and up to the challenge for the Panthers, making 14 saves.

"Erika played great in goal for us," Pomperaug coach Mike Fleming said. "Newtown is a great team. They put a lot of pressure on you and they have a lot of skilled players, and I thought Erika did a nice job making saves and keeping us in the game."

Pomperaug was coming off a 12-9 victory over Lauralton Hall on Friday, and despite the loss to Newtown, Fleming like the direction his team is heading.

"We got off to a tough start, but we have battled back and made great strides forward," he said. "I really like this team and how hard the kids are working. We may have taken a small step back tonight, but we will learn from it and keep moving ahead. I feel like this team is ready to take off and has its best lacrosse ahead of it."